For other ships of the same name, see French ship Aquitaine.
| French frigate Aquitaine | |
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File:Frégate Aquitaine 1.jpg Aquitaine moored in Bordeaux in 2013 | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Aquitaine |
| Builder: | DCNS, Lorient |
| Laid down: | 2007 |
| Launched: | 29 April 2010 |
| Completed: | 2012 |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 2012 |
| Identification: | Pennant number D650 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Aquitaine-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 6,000 tons |
| Length: | 466 ft (142.0 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft (19.8 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Armament: |
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Aquitaine is a frigate in service with the French Navy. She is the lead ship of her class of French frigates, which in turn were developed by the FREMM multipurpose frigate program.[1]
Service[]
Aquitaine was developed as part of a joint Italian-French program known as FREMM, which was implemented to develop a new class of frigates for use by various European navies. Construction on the ship began in 2007 and was completed in 2012.[1][2] In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs.[3][4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "La Marine réceptionne la FREMM Aquitaine". https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/a-la-une/la-marine-receptionne-la-fremm-aquitaine/.
- ↑ ARG. "Aquitaine Class Frigate | Military-Today.com". http://www.military-today.com/navy/aquitaine_class.htm.
- ↑ Youssef, Nancy A.; Bender, Michael C. (2018-04-14). "U.S., U.K. and France Launch Strikes Against Syria" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-u-k-launch-strikes-against-syria-1523668212.
- ↑ CNN, Brad Lendon,. "Weapons the US, UK and France used to target Syria". CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/14/politics/syria-airstrikes-weapons-used-intl/index.html.
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